Monday, 29 November 2010

Since meeting in 1999 in their hometown of Copenhagen, Tomas Barfod and Kasper Bjørke have produced a bunch of hits under the name FILUR. International chartings and tours all over, followed in the years to come. With the first two award winning albums, earning them two Danish Music Awards for Best Producers and Best Dance Album as well as numerous DJ Awards, Tomas and Kasper established themselves as a wellknown act on the Danish electronic scene, both as djs and producers.

The Naked and Famous have been likened to American Indy Pop heroes Passion Pit and MGMT. “On one hand it’s kind of flattering, it’s nice to be seen alongside things that aren’t… making us kind of New Zealand,” says Thom. “It’s nice to be seen in a different light. But it’s also frustrating that some people can only hear things on a surface level and miss out on all the intricacies.”

Twenty year old daughter of Sting. Eliot Paulina Sumner, nickname Coco. I Blame Coco's debut album, The Constant, was released early November. Quicker. Song is not much, but let's give her an introduction.

Sunday, 21 November 2010

The song might have been lost to obscurity had it not been collected by folklorist Alan Lomax, who, along with his father, was a curator of the Archive of American Folk Song for the Library of Congress. On an expedition with his wife to eastern Kentucky Lomax set up his recording equipment in Middlesborough, Kentucky in the house of a singer and activist called Tilman Cadle. On September 15, 1937 he recorded a performance by Georgia Turner, the 16 year-old daughter of a local miner. He called it "The Risin' Sun Blues."

On repeat and repeat and repeat and... Album: Halcyon Digest. They have described themselves as "ambient punk," though they incorporate a wide range of genres, including noise rock, art rock, shoegaze, and post-punk, as well as significant pop elements.

Thursday, 18 November 2010

I’m very excited, nervous, eager, anxious but chuffed to announce my new album! It’s taken a while and it knocked me for six when writing it. It’s different from 19, it’s about the same things but in a different light. I deal with things differently now. I’m more patient, more honest, more forgiving and more aware of my own flaws, habits and principles. Something that comes with age I think. So fittingly this record is called 21. Everyday something happens that affects me, whether it be relationships, events, something I hear, something I see or something I feel. All of which is helping define me and turning me in to who I’m becoming. The whole reason I called my first album 19 was about cataloging what happened to me then and who I was then, like a photo album you see the progression and changes in a person throughout the years. I tried to think of other album titles but couldn’t come up with anything that represented the album properly, I kept swerving 21 thinking it was obvious. But why not be obvious? I discovered lots of artists I’d never heard of, particularly Wanda Jackson, Allison Krauss, Yvonne Fair, Andrew Bird, Neko Case, Lady Antebellum and Steel Drivers who I fell in love with. Then I delved in to more from artists I’ve loved forever – Mary J Blige, Kanye West, Elbow, Mos Def, Alanis Morissette, Tom Waits and Sinead O’Connor. There’s something in every single one of these artists that has really really inspired 21. So it is what it is! I cant wait for you to start hearing pieces of it!

Vette shit. Een muur van Gitaren. Post punk rock rap whatever. I like it. Album: In The Jaws Of The Lords Of Death.

Japanese Cartoon is a post punk band which was formed in 2008 by rapper Lupe Fiasco (who uses his real name, Wasalu Muhammed Jaco while performing with the band) as a side-project to explore his interest in rock music. Album: In The Jaws Of The Lords Of Death

MC Ssegamic: "Wandek is a musical genius (and a gimp) & produces all our sounds. Everyone pipes up with ideas, though sometimes some of my lyrics get vetoed (like when the girls aren't too keen on my raunchy backup vocals for them)."

Sunday, 7 November 2010

Great hit from 1972. Celentano's rationale for the song was that, after releasing albums about ecology and social issues, "having just recorded an album of songs that meant something, I wanted to do something that meant nothing". Very funny subtitles.

Saturday, 6 November 2010

Paragraph: "Around the time our original drummer left the band, we began experimenting with drum machines. That really shaped our sound. When we play live, we use three forms of drums: electronic drums and two percussionists. It's been working out for us as far as dance music is concerned, and we still feel like we have freedom to play with our dynamics. It's been nice. As far as recording goes, we feel like we've only just begun to take advantage of technology."

« I found catharsis in creating these songs » she says. « They speak to the emotional simplicity and complexity of human relationship. I chose to call the record 'Ode To Sentience' because it is the capacity to feel that creates a shared human experience of music. We all share the potency of music by having the capacity to feel, and I found the simplicity of this fact very beautiful ».

Tuesday, 2 November 2010

Flox: "The thing is, I played all instruments on the record which sounds nice but when your're on stage you need friends to give you a hand. So we put the band together in a month. Didn't sound too good at the begining but now, for the new album "the words" we are ready to blast your head off ! Hope you like it..."

As a classic styled pianist - in a rather self taught manner, Marc Durif likes to jump from Chopin or Bach’s pieces to Chic’s hits. He composes in a different manner, using synth, samplers and sequencers.